Predicted England team for the first Ashes Test

Express Sport brings you our predicted England team for the first Ashes Test

Ashes 2017/18 series schedule

The 70th series between the two sides will get underway on November 23 with five Tests spread over seven weeks.

England will also play four practice matches against invitational sides, meaning their first official match in Australia will get underway on November 4.

The Test series will be followed by five ODIs between January 14 and January 28.

November 4-5, England vs Western Australia XI, Perth

November 8-11, England vs Cricket Australia XI, Adelaide (day-night)

November 15-18, England vs Cricket Australia XI, Townsville

November 23-27, first Ashes Test, Brisbane (midnight start)

December 2-6, second Ashes Test, Adelaide (day-night; 4am)

December 9-10, England vs Cricket Australia XI, Perth

December 14-18, third Ashes Test, Perth (2.30am)

December 26-30, fourth Ashes Test, Melbourne (11.30pm, December 25)

January 4-8, fifth Ashes Test, Sydney (11.30pm, January 3)

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The first Ashes 2017/18 Test will take place in Brisbane

Ashes 2017/18 TV channel

Two years ago, BT Sport struck a five-year deal with Cricket Australia to broadcast its international matches exclusively in the UK.

It means the Ashes will not be on Sky Sports, who show all England’s other international cricket in the UK.

Ashes 2017/18 live stream

BT Sport will be streaming the action live online through their BT Player.

It has not yet been confirmed whether that will include their enhanced player, which allows football fans to add picture-in-picture, stats and additional information to their screen during BT Sport’s coverage of the Champions League.

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England won the last Ashes series but are big underdogs this time around

Ashes 2017/18 squads

England have already named their Ashes squad. However, Ben Stokes has since been suspended until further notice pending a police investigation.

Steven Finn was added to the squad three weeks before the departure with Stokes not travelling on October 28 with the rest of the squad - although England have not yet ruled Stokes out of the tour entirely.